Handkerchief vanity and powder-puff holder



y E. B( P. cRUMP HANDKERCHIEF VANITY AND POWDER PUFF HOLDER Oei. 29, r1929.

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Reissuecl Oct. 29, 1929 UNITED Iserres ELLEN B. PHELPS CRUMIVP, OF- NITTA YUMA., MISSISSIPPI HANDKERCHIEF VANITY AND roWnnR-Purr nonnen.

originati No. 1,652,6111, dated December 13, 1927, serial Nn.`e7,155, fileanevemter 5, 1925. Apputation for reissue led May 16, 1928. Serial No. MBE-E2.

This invention aims to provide a novel means whereby a powder puff can be carried in a pocket handkerchief, the construction of the handkerchief and the puff being such that both of them may be folded up into small compa-ss, so as to occupy practicallyy no more space than is occupied by an ordinary pocket handkerchief, the use of a thick and cumbersome powder puff rbeing unnecessary.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that sort to which the invention appertains.

Although a preferred form has been shown, a maker of pocket handkerchiefs, working within the scope of what is claimed, may make many changes in the forms shown, without in anywise departing from the spirit m of the invention, it being impossible to show all of the forms which the invention may take, and the forms depicted being typical and illustrative merely.

In the drawings l Figure l shows in plan, a device constructed in accordance with the invention, the powder carrier being pulledout of the pocket a little;

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure l;

Figure 3 is a plan wherein parts are broken away, the powder carrier being in the pocket;

Figure l is a plan showing a modification;

Figure 5 is a plan showinganother modification;

, Figure 6 is a section on the line 6*@ of Figure 5.

ln carrying out the invention as disclosed in Figures l, 2 and 3, there is provided a handkerchief 1 made out of any material of the kindfrom which such articles generally are made, the handkerchief having a pocket 2 which may be'fashioned as preferred. The

pocket 2 may be formed by a layer lstitched at 4, or secured otherwise, to the handkerchief 1, about a portion of its periphery, leaving an opening 5. The layer 3 may be made of the same material as that out of which the handkerchief 1 is manufactured, but this detail is' not insisted upon, it being necessary, merely, that the layer 3, which forms the pocket 2, be thin and highly flexible, so asrto take up littleadditional room along with the handkerchief l. l n

Into the pocket 2 may be inserted a powder carrier 6 of any ldesired sort. Preferably the powder carrier 6 is of circular outline, the layer 3 which forms the pocket Q being of rectangular outline, but this neednot be so. The powder lcarrier 6 is made up of two 'pieces or sheets 7 and 8, the sheet 7 being of rubber or other impervious material, so that` the powder cannot sift therethrough, `and "the layer 8 being of porous material and of .textilev nature, generally, so that the powder can find its way through the layer v8. The constitu/ent parts 7 'and 8 of the powder ca'rrier 6 are secured together by stitching or "m otherwise, as indicated att), leaving an opening 10, into which a pinfch or two of powder may be inserted.

The carrier 6 may` be introduced readily into the pocket 2 of the handkerchief 1 and the lentire `article when folded up, will occupy but little more sp'ace than 'anfordihary pocket handkerchief, the disadvantages incident to thick powder puffs, heavy powder 'puff cases, 'and the like'being avoided.

\ In Figure et of the drawings', part-s hereinbefore described have been 'designated by numerals previously used, with the siifi'x"a. The modification consists in making the patch-forming layer 3 of 'circular outline, rather than of rectangular outline, as depicted in Fig-ures i and '3.

Passing to the modification shown in Figures 5 and '6, partshereinbefore described have been designated by numerals previously used, with the suiiix b. The layer?) `is secured along its sides,.as at l'l, and along its lower end, as at 12, to the handkerchief 1b, thereby forming side pockets 14:, into which lip-sticks and other articles may be inserted.

Although it has been pointed out hereinbefore that the handkerchief andv its pocket are adapted to carrya powder-holder, it 'will leo 4ers and the patch be understood that articles of. any desired kind may be mounted inthe pocket.

The handkerchief may be rectangular and square, oblong, or of any other desired shape that the manufacturer or the user may wish.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is l. In a device of the class described, a handkerchief, a patch of material of small area compared to the area of the-handken chief, the patch being disposed at the center of the handkerchief and being permanently connected to the handkerchief throughout more than one-half the periphery of the patch to form a pocket and an opening for the pocket, anda powder holder in the pocket and removable through the opening, the powder holder being formed of layers secured together to leave an opening, the laybeing fashioned from material which approaches the constituent material of the handkerchief in flexibility and thickness'7 one layer of the powder holder being formed from an impervious material to prevent the powder from sifting outwardly through the handkerchief when the corners of the handkerchief are folded together over the patch.

2. In a device of the class described, a handkerchief, a patch of material of small area compared to the area of the handkerchief, the patch being disposed at the center of the handkerchief and being permanently stitched to the handkerchief throughout more than one-half the periphery of the patch to form a pocket and an opening for the pocket, and a powder holder in the pocket and removable through the opening', the powder holder being formed of layers secured together to leave an opening, the layers and the patch being fashioned from material which approaches the constituent material of the handkerchief in flexibility andthiclc ness, one layer of the powder holder being formed from an impervious material to prevent `the powder from sifting outwardly through the handkerchief when the corners ofthe handkerchief are folded together over the patch. Y

3. In a device of the class described, a handkerchief, a patch of material of less area than the area of the handkerchief, the patch being disposed at the center of the handkerchief and being permanently connected to the handkerchief throughout'more than one-half the periphery of the patch t0 form a pocket and an opening for the pocket, and a powder holder in the pocket and removable through the opening, the powder holder being formed of layers secured together to leave an opening, the layers and the patch being fashioned from material which approaches the constituent material of the handkerchief in fiez-:ibility and thickness, one layer of the powder holder 

